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The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1887-03-11
The Growing SO 9Th.

Among the industrial enterprises
reported by the manufacturers
Record rs organized in tie South
during the week are the New Or
leans and Alabama Coal and Coke
Company of Birmingham, with a
capital Of $1,O00,00O, the Jaeger
To~nley Goa! and Coke Company
Montgomery, capital $40OsDG0, and
Tie Lookout Valley Iron and Coal
ComHany of Cha tan0oga, capital
$500, 600. A S3OO,OO0 natural GAS
an oil company has been incHrpor
a'ed in Kentucky, ard a S250,OOO
company organized to nUrc far nat
ural gas has leased 100 900 acres Of
llnd in Alabama and Tennessee for
that purpose. The recent sale Of
lbs, GEO acres of mineral and agricuI-
tur2l land IN Alabama, including the
l0wn of Cullmah, has resulted in the
organization Of a - 100000 COM
pany to develop manufactures, build
railroads, g.. A 80 900 cotton
mill company has been organized at
Shelby, y. c.; a Maryland cotton
mill adds $500 900 worth Of new
machinery, and a Columbus, Ca,
mil the same amount.
Extensive water power is reported
as sold 10 Northern parties who pro
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1887-03-11

tiyiduality about a mans sending
as about his penmanship. and be car
be as readily dis'ingu SHED by it. A
case in point is related by Alf Ss
vlile,wLo worked one Of tie Govern
mant wires between Nashville and
Lou;svilIe during the war. One day
while the wires were idle, Some one
st an Intermediate station called at
tie Nashville office, and hogan ask :
ing Savlllc q number Of questions
about the movement Of troops and
other matters connected with the
army. Before two minutes Savllle
recognized his man.
i say, George Ellsworth, what
tAe devil are you doing theIe?' fash
ed Saville, cutting into the n ddle
Of a sentence. There was a moments
pause, and then came the answer,
slow and hesitatingl}:
IL cut in on the wire two days
ago, and have secured a good deal
of information bus | might have get
more if had only kept my mouth
key shut. Good by. Alf, l am
Going There was a sudden click
of the wire, aad then the circuit
closed.
{: Ellsworth was the celebrated
Confederate operator who accom-
psnicd John Morgan in his raids
through Kentucky and OHIO. Saville
and he had worked together before
the war, and had become familiar
with each others style.' From ;he
Electric Age.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1887-03-11

endless cham aud cups here take The
shot to the sorting table in another
part of the building, Tteee table,
Of which there are three, form oae
Of the most Interesting features oi
the whole process.
The table cor s;sts Of frame. ta,
top Df which fvrn:s an inclined plane
Of about - degrees. Tie top is
formed Of plates Of feavy glass
about feet broad and as long as
the width Of the table, which in this
case was 6 fee:. The table was
about u feet along, and between
sach glass plate is an aperture OF
from l to 2 inches, and also a droI
Of about 2 inches from the lower
edge Of each plate to the next. The
automatic carrier emphes the shot
upon the highest end of the table
he pitch at once starts the little
globes on q downward roll. Those
perfectly round speed along meriilY,
gaining momentum enough to jump
each aperture and land III leading
trough at the bottom. But the i'm,
perfect shot, those fiat on one side
or otherwise iml etfect, show their
weakness bU rolIinn pluuo-
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1887-03-11
80 8 &EEts'x F4sEsEsss.

The top Of the tower is reached by
little elevator about the size Of =
dumb waiter, ao1 used primarily for
lifting metal to lie top. A series
Of ladders also run up through the
harrow tower. Il is at the top th-t
Shot max NJ begins. In the top
story, giving "A drop OF 178 feet, is
the top furnace. This consists of a
kettle with q capacity Of five tons.
sitting over < furnace and lined on
the outside with fire bricks. Throu- h
the door, directly in the cantr., is Il
hole Two feet IN diameter. Through
the next floor, thirty feet below, is il
similar aperture, and uearIy 100
feet below IS the opening Of the tank
"A wooden case two feet in diane =
81 aDj reaching on down to the cel~
lar, where it ends in a couple Of
feet Of water,
In making shot the workman takes
an iron pan with a perforated bot
tom AMI places it on frame over
the orjfice in the floor. Tee holes IL
the bottom OF The pan a-e OF the siz
o. the shot wanted. The workman
ladies' this fall Of molten lead and
kcpDs If frtI cD1 tho shot fol -, E.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1887-03-11

bat there is a wide difference amauL
parents a. to the teaching when
goes further The vast maiur.ty #
+ them want their boys ana C,r.> To
lie kept at school n longer than :
requi>it. to Give them the most
nece- -Sart education. They cannot
afford to support them .onge- at
school but need Their asSi>ta go IN
providing FOR the fami Y VIZ Is
+ they find from experience. too.
that so far as concerns the.r pract-
lcai success IN the occupations
which the, are to pursue the chll-
/ dren are likely To be hIndered
rather than helped by deyotIng
more years to study n the school
room. 1t is me. desirable for them
to acquire ontsIde the special due
ati.n /. quired for their I'le work.
Macy parents may not want their
ch.ld'en to undergo course OF
maanal appTeaticc~hip, a> If thsy
were Of ne" sSltY to 1--we by mgchan
ical trades. Thy NAV intend them
for OTHER business, and cOusequcnt-
ly obj ct very decidedly to having
their time scent III accordance with
til OrleS of industrial education
" hat they desire for their BOYS is
General, not sptclal learning. H.
countries where there are fixed
ca@teS and an artisan class to which
generations are tied down, it might
be advisable, as Dr. Dickinson re
marks, TO pTOVlde schools to ilt
chl,d to continue in that station OF
life t. which 1t has pleased God to
call him. but here, where there
are 10 such classes, and forty school
bOys may in after NE follow a
many different kinds OF business.
II" such distinct ons en- justly t"
made III iupItc etucatIon. he
schools must be tor al alIkc, ana
the course . SIutN IhaJ Nh'cA
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1887-07-27
What's in a Name?

Whether names are good or bad, APP
prOpriate or the opposite, it would
seem that when they once become at
all current or familiar, there is no such
thing as shaking them off. We sup
pose that the name Canada Thistle"
will be used to the end of time, in this
country, although it is well kown that
this species of CirSiuns is not indigen-
Gus to Canada, but to Europe, where
it has been known for centuries under
the common name of Cursed Thistle, "
which is really an appropriate name.
Jerusalem Artichoke is another in
appropriate and misleading name
given to North American plant in
troduced into English gardens about
three hundred years ago from Canada,
and under the name of Canada Potato.
This species of HetidnthnS is neither an
artichoke nor native of Jerusalem;
still these misleading names will prob
ably cling to it for centuries to come
The misnamed Irish Potato is an
other valuable native plant, which may
now be found growing wild on thous-
ands of acres in New Mexico and Ari-
IONA, and although introduced into
ginia Potato" the more modern one
of Irish Potato, given to it in derision,
appears to have become the most pop
ular. We have a common American
bird generally called Robin. but it
does not belong to the same genus as
the true Robin of Europe. But this is
not half SO bad as to be obliged to
honor the Turks by calling a noble
member of the feathered tribe ''Tur-
key" 1t is true we have some conso-
lation in knowing that the filthiest
member is called Turkey Buzzard.
There are persons who have banker
ing after common or popular names of
things, and affect to dislike the true or
scientific names, which are always the
same among all the civilized nations.
AQricuLtatriist.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1887-07-27
Horace Greeley's Only Sister.

Mrs. Esther Greeley Cleveland, the
only sister of Horace Greeley of beloved
memory, has been spending the winter
at the Coleman house, where she has
lived for several years. Mrs. Cleveland,
writes m. 81 in The Graphic, is emf
nently woman ''whom age cannot
wither, nor custom stale her infinite
variety" Despite much grief and sor-
row and no slight physical burdens, her
head and heart are as bright, as sweet
and as sunny as one could desire. There
is nameless, Undesirable charm about
her that wins and holds young people to
her, and those whom the young love,
you know, remain always young. Mrs.
Cleveland's intimates like to call her
THE Queen" but hers is rule of love
only. And she looks every inch a queen
an ideal queen, not the queen we have
just bid farewell to, nor the great jubilee
queen. She has the most beautiful COM
plexion you ever saw, fine and white and
soft as baby's. Her hair is delicately
gray and rolled softly back from broad,
smooth brow below which her dark eyes
beam brightly at you. Mrs. Cleveland
wears the most enchanting house gowns
you can imagine, and the daintiest, most
becoming little contrivances of lace on
her head. They give an air of softness
to the face that is delightful and you
may have remarked that a pretty cap
makes pretty face prettier still. With
Mrs. Cleveland lives her daughter Ce-
ella, a slight, fragile girl, bright, clever
and appreciative, devoted to her mother
with an affection that is as touching as it
is beautiful. She is now sole daughter
of the house and heart of her mother;
another daughter, beautiful, gifted girl,
went to rest some years ago.-Home
Journal
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1887-07-27
Railways in China

AT last the Chinese are undertaking the
construction of railways. But it does not
appear that foreign syndicates are to profit
by the changed attitude of the govern
ment. In May last there was issued de-
cree sanctioning the building of railroads
north of the Pei-Ho river in the province
which contains the great city of Pekin
A company composed of Chinese officials
was formed, and native capitalists were
urged to take stock. These capitalists,
however, were unwilling to invest
Thereupon the viceroy of the province
issued proclamation, in which the adj
vantageS to be derived from railway COM
munication were set forth, and the rich
were advised that by delay they might
close their opportunity. Investors still
declined to support the work, and it is
reported that French bankers have loaned
the government 81, 500, 900 to be used in
building the road, which is to extend
from the mouth of the Pei-Ho to the in
terror by way of Tien-Tsin. While it is
proposed that a road connecting Pekin
with the sea shall be built, Chlna's first
and only railroad-the line seven miles
long which affords an outlet for the coal
mines of Kai-ping-is to be extended a
distance of twenty-one miles, and work
upon the extension was in progress some
months ago.-New York Times.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1887-07-27
Eighty Years of Rnsr Life.

Henry b. Stanton was an uncommon
man. born in uncommon times. He
fought hard fight, and lived to see his
victory won. His first antislavery speech
was made before a school debating So
ciety in 1882, and during the years that
followed he was, according to Wilson S
Rise and Fall of the Slave Power,
mobbed at least 200 times.
He saw Sam Patch jump from the
falls in Rochester in 1899, never to rise
again; he describes Martin Van Buren,
dressed in an elegant snuff colored broad
cloth coat, with an orange cravat, vest
of a pearl hue, and white duck trousers;
he heard DIR. Lyman Beecher defend
himself on a trial for heresy at Cincin-
natl in 1884, and heard DIR Beecher' S
young son Henry say publicly to his sire
in the synod, ''Father, you are plagued
good at twisting, but if you can twist
your creed on to the Westminster Con-
fession of Faith you can twist better than
/ think you CAM he knew Benjamin r.
Hayden, the eccentric painter; he re-
piled to certain uncomplimentary utter
ances of Thomas Campbell's in regard
to American poetry and American insti-
buttons, and he more than insinuates
that the author of Gertrude of Wyo-
! ming on that occasion had been drinking
too much wine; he heard Carlyle call
Victor Hugo ga glittering humbug;' he
rode ten miles in the rain and over coun-
try roads to listen to a sermon by Sydney
Smith; and he saw and knew almost
every man who was worth seeing or
worth knowing, either in the mother
country or his own, during his so years
of busy active ife.-Harper' Magazine.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1887-07-27
Rutter from Sxvedan

That the Swedish dairy farmers are
going to send butter to Manchester in the
confident expectation of deriving a fair
profit is startling piece of intelligence.
Some parts of Sweden are fortnight S
journey from England, as freight trav-
els; and it has been conclusively proved
that Swedish butter will remain good for
a longer period than that. The Scandi-
navian farmers have an agent at Man
chester who will report as to how far the
color, flavor, shape and degree of salt
ness of their butter suits the Lancashire
market, and if in any of these particu-
lars it does not hit the taste of the con-
sumers, these enterprising producers
will set to work to alter it. These
Swedes really deserve to succeed, and if
they make good their experiment at
Manchester they will do it simply by
sriting the needs of their market-a
thing which most English producers will
not deign to do. So far as manufactures
are concerned, our great fault has been
in believing that because our goods were
English they must necessarily please
foreign tastes. But this is by no means
the case.-London Paper
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1887-07-27
Modern Newspaper Printing.

The Hoe rotary was limited only by the
human limitations of the feeders; the web
perfecting press, containing two printing
cylinders, printing both sides of the pa
per, does away with feeders altogether.
These compact machines, eight feet high,
eight wide and twenty long, are fast dis
placing the old rotaries; and the latest
perfecting presses built by r. Hoe & Co.,
with the cutting, folding, inserting and
FASTING attachments, under the Crowen
patents, perform the remarkable feat of
printing flour, six, eight, ten or twelve
page papers of various sizes, six, seven
and eight columns in width, delivering
the same, cut at the top, pasted down the
center margin, folded as desired, counted
in lots, at a speed from 10000 to 70, 900
perfect newspapers per hour, depending
on the size and number of pages to be
printed. :" The capabilities of modern
newspaper printing are best illustrated in
the feat of The New York World in print
ing, of a Sunday edition, $50, 600 copies
of a twenty eight page paper, using 90,
900 pounds, and covering with print 600
miles, of paper.-R. r. Bowker in Har-
per's Magazine.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1887-07-27
The Free Delivery System.

Superintendent Bates of the free deliv-
cry service, post office department, says
that the cities of the country are showing
great backwardness in calling for the
service to which they are entitled under
the law passed last winter giving it to
towns of ten thousand inhabitants, or to
towns whose post Office receipts reach
SIC, 600 per year. why he said, tive
get letters every day from towns entitled
TO the service Indignantly referring TO the
fact that we have given the service to
rival towns of the same size and neglected
them They viii make no application for
the service, and we can send no inspectors
to the town except upon application The
fact of it is that large number of these
towns don't ask for the service because
such movement is discouraged by the
postmaster. He Is afraid that If the serv-
ice is established his box rents viii fall of
and his income decrease. He is aided by
the grocers near the post Office, by the dry
goods house, and by the man in whose
store the post office is kept-all of whom
are interested in having the crowd come
to the post Office for its mail, instead of
having it carried to them. AS result
citizens groan and complain because a
neiahhorinR town 0efs the service and
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1887-07-27

young ministers, but upon ali who preach
the Gospel, and all who exhort in meet
ings, and that is all of you if you are
doing your duty. Do you exhort in
PRAYER meetings Be short and be spirited.
Do you teach in Bible class? Though you
have to study every night be interesting.
Do you accost people on the subject OF
religion in their homes or in public
places? Study adroitness and use COM
mon sense. The most graceful and most
beautiful thing on earth is the religion of
Jesus Christ, and if you awkwardly pre-
sent it, it is defamation. We must do
our work rapidly, and we must do it
effectively. Soon our time for work viii
be gone.
A dying Christian took out his watch
and gave it to friend and said: ''Take
that watch, have no more use for it;
time is ended for me and eternity be
gins" Oh, my friends, when our watch
has licked away for us the last mo
ment, and our clock has struck for US the
last hour, may it be found we did our
work well that we did it in the very best
way, and whether we preached the Cos
pei in pulpits, or taught Sabbath classes,
or administered to the sick as physicians,
or bargained as merchants, or pleaded
the law as attorneys, or were busy
as artisans, or as husbandmen, or as me-
chanics, or were like Martha called to
give a meal to hungry Christ, or ike
Hannah to make coat for a prophet, or
like Deborah to rouse the courage of
some timid Barak in the Lords conflict,
we did our work in such way that it
will stand the test of the Judgment. And
in the long procession of the redeemed
that march around the throne, may it be
found there are many there brought to
God through our fundamentally and in
whose rescue we are exultant.
But, o you unsaved, wait not for that
religious discourse of the future. 1t may
come after your obsequies. 1t may come
after the stonecutter has chiseled our
name on the slab fifty years before. Do
not wait for a great steamer of the
Cunard or White Star line to take you off
the wreck, but hail the first craft with
however low mast and however small
hulk and however poor a rudder and
however weak a captain. Better dis
abled schooner that comes up in time
than a full rugged brig that comes up
after you have sunken.
Instead of waiting for that religious
discourse of the future-it may be forty,
fifty years off-take this plain invitation
of man who, to have given you spirit
ual eyesight. would be glad to be called
the spittle by the hand of Christ put on
the eyes of blind man, and who would
consider the highest compliment of this
| service, if at the close 500 men should
start from these doors, saying: whether
he be a sinner or no, know not. This
one thing know, whereas l was blind
now see.'
Swifter than shadows over the plain,
quicker than birds in their autumnal
flight, hastier than eagles to their prey,
HE you to sympathetic Christ. The
orchestras of heaven have already strung
their instruments to celebrate your rescue
And many were the voices around the throne;
Rejoice, for the Lord brings back his own.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1887-07-27
Yankee Books Reprinted in Japan


An illustration of the cleverness and
initiative powers of the japanese, which
might also serve to point an argument in
the discussion of the international copy
right question, is afforded by certain
japanese publications which have been
exhibited to the prominent officers of the
state department. 1t appears that when
the study of English was made compul-
sorry in Japan number of American
school books were imported and by formal
order made the text books of the native
schools. American book makers had
quite lucrative trade for time. But
the japanese soon turned their attention
to the subject, and after few expert
ments began turning out clever reprints
of the American publications, of such ex-
cellence and in such quantities that the
demand for the American product has
now practically ceased. The only inferi-
ority of the japanese books noticeable at
a casual examination is in the illustra-
tions, and this is accounted for by the
fact that the native engravers have not
yet discovered the art of cutting their
pictures on the grain end of the block,
but uniformly engrave on the side, which
results in a slightly blurred picture
Washington Cor. st. Louis Republican.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1887-07-27
A Primitive Marriage.

The following account of the first
marriage in Tazewell County is taken
from diary kept by one of the oldest
settlers, since deceased:
The first marriage in Tazewell Coun-
ty was in 1927. Mordecai Mobley, first
clerk Commissioners clerk them of
our county, happened to call at Faith
er" Stout's home. Here he saw Frank
and Fanny Stout-if related at all, dis
family. Father Stout told Clerk Mob
ley how Frank had been counting his
daughter Fanny for some time and
how they wanted to marry, but didn't
know how; that he supposed there was
permit or something to be secured
first, which was not clear in his mind
where to apply. Mr.. Mobley told him
he was just the man; that he had au-
thority to give permits, and that he
would do SO then and there.
Have you papers7" asked the clerk.
mo"
ANY bookP''
well, there used to be an old book
about the house,
And the search was instituted and an
old worn out book was found In the
book was found, fortunately, a fiy-leaf.
Now, then," continued the oblig
ing official, shave you any pensp"
None"
"Any geese?"
mary geese"
"Chickens?"
YES, some big ones"
And the two went out into the yard
and caught big chicken, plucked a
feather from it, and soon Clerk Mob
ley had whitfield out nice quin pen.
He now inquired for ink, and of course
there was none; but there was some
gunpowder in the house, and by mix
ing some water with a quantity of the
powder fluid WIS soon manufactured
that would answer the purpose. And
then the clerk sat himself down and
wrote the permit that was to make two
hearts happy. And the 27th day of
June, 1927, Frank and Fanny Stout
were married by the Rev. Mr.. Brown.
and all went as happy as q marriage
bell. What subsequently, became Of
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Stout 1 cannot
say. The Rev. William Brown is dead.
Mordecai Mobley, the clerk, Is stu
living and resides in Dubuque, Iowa
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1887-07-27
Rev Thomas X. Beecher.

The Rev. Thomas X. Beecher, who
figured in the same ball game with Mark
Twain the other day, is only mildly &C.
centric-for a Beecher-and is by long
odds the most popular resident of the
solid little city. His church is always
crowded when he breaches, and its vari-
Gus lecture rooms and parlors are fire.
quently open for one popular purpose or
another on week nights. There are 900
children IN his Sunday school. He gets
rather small salary, but has refused
many good offers from other cities, such
as Chicago, Milwaukee and others. He
has the confidence of his people, and has
disbursed a great deal of the super
abundant wealth of some of them in
charities he is interested in. He joined
the Changers and Greenbackers, has
served as school commissioner, and is, al
together, one of the most many sided
men in the community.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1887-07-27
Ex-Empress Carlotta,s Condition.

According to The st. James Gazette
there has lately been some Improvement
in the condition of the ex-Empress Car
lotta of Mexico. A young Austrian
lady who has been acting as her dame de
compagnie for some time past, and who
happens to be an accomplished musician,
sat down at the piano a few evenings
ago after the empress had retired to her
apartments for the night, and played,
among other things, the Mexican national
hymn. Just as she was finishing the last
bars the empress suddenly appeared at
the door of the room. She gave a pierre
ing cry, uttered her husbands name, and
fell senseless on the floor This is the
first indication which she has given for
several years of any "Reminiscences of the
terrible catastrophe which cost her the
loss of reason; and her physicians base
favorable anticipations on the incident
New York Tribune.